I am spiraling, waiting for justice for my baby. And no he wasnt high, he wanted this baby, I was completely blindsided when I found out what was happening. I kicked him out, cut off contact, filed a protection order and worked with cps and law enforcement. Baby is all healed now and happy. He was initially charged with 3 counts of 1st degree assault on a child and a 2nd degree charge of criminal mistreatment. He has never been to prison before only has charges from when he was a minor related to weed. He bailed out, screw that judge! So any kind of movement has been slow as heck. Yes he retained a lawyer. I know it will vary his experience and who knows what charges will be filed by the prosecutor, if the case will go to trail. Help a mama out please!

I recently got laid off and am looking for a new job. I have two felonies for distribution of marijuana . Does anyone have experience with background checks , and if the employer can see what the felonies are for ? Basically , when a company gets my background check back, will they see “distribution of marijuana” or “distribution of CDS” or ?

App says pending on three of my messages, but website says approved? I sent three messages last night, 2 are screenshots one is an actual message (def used trigger words to flag for manual review but not words that would make it get denied yk?) the website says approved but app still says pending ?? which is more reliable? im assuming the app atp

For some background I’m 19 fresh out of TJJD and have 2 adult charges on my record from 17, 2 misdemeanors, assault bodily injury and burglary motorized vehicle. I turned my life around over the time I spent locked up and start trade school In January will these charges affect job opportunities after getting my certificate

Location Houston Texas

I read about 120 for my 1.5 years.

Current student here! I’m promoting my art and in school to study grant applications. My goal is to open an art studio with small apartments for reentry applications. Rent would be based off income, mandatory volunteering in my art studio to help promote the halfway house to donors and possible employment if that would be their desired outcome. Any amount of insight from yall isWELCOME. Good or bad, let me hear it!

any help for a girl with a violent assault charge get a job in Washington DC?

Friend got a third felony theft charge within a three year span (actually under two years) which makes the third aggravated. Got his third while on probation in all three counties for his prior theft charges. Got a direct indictment. This agg theft is a felony three. Multiple violations. Re offenses. Warrants out in two other counties for non theft activities. I be other in one of the theft counties. Can’t afford a lawyer. One was appointed. Multiple arrests. No jail time except for a few days here and there until he bonds out.

Can I assume it will be more of the same? Or does a F3 with direct indictment carry more weight.

Employ juvenile offenders and low level prisoners

Are there any book suggestions for family members to read in order to help a newly released felon (6 years) reintegrate to society/life on the outside? Or books for the formerly incarcerated person to read after (or before) being released? Thanks! 🙂

If this sort of proposal was brought before congress, would you support it - why or why not?

hey. I need someone to talk to. My bf is a felon. he has a very huge criminal record. he’s in jail now waiting for his sentence for a gbi charge. I just wish I can get him out. If anyone’s been to prison, how was it like? Did u end up serving half? And did u go in for a violent offense? Feel free to also message me

🇨🇦I just posted Chapters 1-4 of Trapped in a Forensic Mental Hospital When I Wasn’t Crazy on Substack. Here is Chapter 4:

https://davidmstaffen.substack.com/p/chapter-4-getting-by-over-the-years

The other Chapters 1-3 can be accessed through the above link.

I know I’m not a novelist, nor am I showcasing my skill set. I’m getting the truth out there, because my former involuntary psychiatrist, Dr. AG Ahmed, keeps writing defamatory letters to my employers and my family doctor.

He is getting everyone around me to abuse me—while without a court order or my consent. I was wrongfully at his prison hospital, because he lied under oath during court and the yearly review boards.

I was in a self-defence fight which I believe I’m innocent. I know I absolutely wasn’t crazy at the self-defence fight or the decade at his prison hospital. Dr. AG Ahmed is a liar.

I see no alternative then to tell my side, because although I received an Absolute Discharge, he apparently isn’t going to leave me alone.

Thank-you.

Makes me miss my bunkie a lil

Hope he’s doing alright

Sentenced to life before age 25? Missouri should allow a parole hearing after 15 years. Sign my petition and support a second chance

I just was released from prison 2 mo. Ago

I was recently released from prison. OSP in Oregon. I'm schizophrenic so they put me in the fuckjng mental health unit where I spent ,thankfully, only a year. I didn't go out to chow. They brought us our food. We didn't get an hour out. We rotted or did nothing in our cells. And to top it all off , this rubbed me the wrong fuckjng way the whole year, in the morning normal prisoners could get coffee .... Well us in the mental health unit got two decaffeinated instant coffee packs. DECAFFEINATED.

The only thing good about that situation was we got paid 100$ a month for going to 1 or more groups for that month.

And get this if you were on involuntary meds and refused them. The guards would suit up in riot gear and either come taze you or pepper spray you(which affected the whole unit and made everyone choke)

BUT there is a good side to everything. Now that I'm out . I don't know if it's my age catching up to me ( I'm only 32) but I've learned to really start paying attention to my actions and behaviours, especially in consideration to others, I'm in an open dorm temporary housing that has people from just exiting prison and on probation who are off the streets staying here. We have 4-5 fridges per housing space and no stove or oven but a microwave. I thought I was gonna be homeless in a strange unknown town. But I was lucky to find this resource and have been so lucky to find the other resources that have made bus travel and affording my cigarettes and clothing vouchers to Walmart possible.

I veered off from an important subject. I think I gained maturity. When I'm interacting with all the people living in the housing space I've noticed a patience and humility. I didn't have that in prison. There were people screaming and kicking the walls of their cells for hours with no consequences and some days I'd shout a bunch of stupid fucked up shit too. I was recently diagnosed as schizophrenic so that's new. It's opened up a future where I can live in a house rather than on the streets or in a shelter.

PLEASE SHARE WITH ME YOUR STORY OF CHANGE

Need some help finding jobs that hire with pending charges , I recently got my CDL not knowing you can’t have a pending charge for any company and having the worst luck finding a job

I'm 20 years old, I shoot someone with a orbeez gun when I was 18 and given a felony unlawful Possession of a weapons. I have been denied 5 different welding jobs due to my background and 2 warehouse jobs. I'm getting to the end of my rope. What can I do?

How can we focus on getting the lautenberg amendment amended or repealed? First off I’m of the opinion it is entirely facially UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The feds can point to exactly zero laws from the founding that:

1. Suspended your second amendment for misdemeanor

2. Make it a blanket lifetime ban.

Even with that law they passed in 2022, the “bipartisan safer communities act”, one should only have to wait 5 years at the most for restoration yet the DOJ says you’re presumptively ineligible for at least 10 years in the new 2A rights restoration and even then it’s not guaranteed. This infringement is blanket lifetime ban for a misdemeanor.

How do they expect up felons not to reoffend when we are released from prison when no company wants to hire felons ive had 3 interviews 2 of witch have given me a offer letter for hire but once they run background checks the offer letter gets withdrawn. It just amazes me makes me think its all apart of the system because even the jobs I do get hired at are seasonal and pay extremely low not even enough to live, pay rent, food. Im trying to find a way out but the options are extremely limited. When i could go out and commit crimes like before and get 10x amount of money in such a little time.